traps

Noun

trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)

1. A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
   • I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.

   Synonyms:

   snare, fang

2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
   • Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
   1. (broadly) A (usually fictional) location or feature originally added to a map to detect plagiarism and copyright violations by other map makers or map services.
      • trap street
   2. (derogatory, informal, offensive, slang, sometimes, usually) Someone with male-typical anatomy who passes as female.
      • And trust me you don't want to see a trap ether. I like my girls without a ding-a-ling.2011 May 27, “Re: anons target US chamber”, in alt.2600 (Usenet)
   3. (informal, slang, sometimes considered offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko, josou.
      • Bridget is the super trap2007 Weekend Reading: Bridget is straight by 8bit Brian of Destructoid, reply by batempo on 20 August 2007
3. An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

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Noun

trappings pl (plural only)

1. (plural, plural-only) Clothing or equipment.
   • He went through his belongings, gradually shedding the trappings of youth.
2. (plural, plural-only) Something which gives the appearance of something.
   • Whether any of the relatives of the seamen whose names appeared there were now among the congregation, I knew not; but so many are the unrecorded accidents in the fishery, and so plainly did several women present wear the countenance if not the trappings of some unceasing grief, that I feel sure...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 7, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
3. (plural, plural-only) Ornamental coverings or harnesses for a horse; caparisons.